Lima bean

Phaseolus lunatusAlso called Phaseolus lunatus

Lima beans are bean seeds sold canned or dried. Cooks boil, simmer, or roast them.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Beans & pulses
Part used: Seed
Family: Fabaceae
Cooked most in: Africa
Top country: Senegal
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue
Energy: 338 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use lima bean

Typical ways to cook or use it

Boil simmer
Roast

Preparing it

For curries, dried beans can be soaked overnight before pressure cooking.

Cooking with it

Canned beans are precooked and do not need boiling before eating.

Shopping

Choosing and storing lima bean

Sold as: Canned, Dried

Nutrition

What 100 g of lima bean holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 25%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 74%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of lima bean, raw
Energy	338 kcal · 1,414 kJ
Protein	21 g
Fat	0.69 g
of which saturated	0.16 g
Carbohydrate	63 g
of which sugars	8.5 g
Fibre	19 g
Sodium	18 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of lima bean, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	1,724 mg
Calcium	81 mg
Iron	7.5 mg
Magnesium	224 mg
Zinc	2.8 mg
Folate	395 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 174252), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where lima bean is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses lima bean. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Africa1

Countries whose dishes use it most

Senegal 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list lima bean among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Peru
First cultivated: in South America, about 2,000 BCE

About 1300
Cultivation spread north of the Rio Grande.
The 1500s
Cultivation began in the Old World.

On the table

Dishes made with lima bean

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Thiebou Yapp
Senegal

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include lima bean.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: lima bean in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: bean